Psychology

PPIG: Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Group

Presenter: Ema Sullivan-Bissett

Title: Implicit Bias as Unconscious Imagining

Abstract: I propose a new model of the nature of implicit bias, according to which implicit biases are unconscious imaginings. I begin by introducing implicit bias in terms congenial to what most philosophers and psychologists have said about their nature in the literature so far. I then ask what we are looking for in an account of implicit bias, so as to lay out the desiderata to be met by my account, which then frame the discussion of its explanatory power. After canvassing models of implicit bias currently in the literature, I lay out my proposed model and the explanatory work it can do. I conclude that implicit biases should be understood as unconscious imaginings.

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We are a group of researchers from diverse backgrounds in the above-mentioned groups (and beyond) who aim to gain an interdisciplinary yet deep understanding of the threads that bind the human mind and the world. In particular, this seminar series focuses on the nature of cognition, metacognition and social cognition. We’ll be tackling questions such as, what does it mean to think? What does it mean to think about thinking? And, what does it mean to think about one’s own thinking versus thinking about the thinking of other people? Please come along!

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Tillmann Vierkant

Mar 08 2017 -

PPIG: Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Group

08 Mar 2017: Implicit Bias as Unconscious Imagining

Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD